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Balfour Beatty Reviews
Updated 5 Dec 2023
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- "Poor management and backward people from the 18 century still being hired in business." (in 56 reviews)
- "Low salaries compared to the rest of the industry and can be difficult to progress and develop." (in 40 reviews)
- 5.06 Nov 2023Civil Design EngineerCurrent Employee, less than 1 yearDerby, England
Pros
all of their benefits option
Cons
Nothing is there to mention
- 3.05 Dec 2023Anonymous EmployeeFormer Employee, more than 8 years
Pros
Good range of work locations and benefits
Cons
Compared with the market: expected to work long hours for no extra pay; promised a job promotion for over year never came (so left); paid less than competitors; as the company grew and different parts of the business merged it became a lot less personal (to the end that you were just a number to them).
- 5.029 Nov 2023Assistant EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 1 yearDerby, England
Pros
Large company that are flexible and accommodating at times
Cons
Need better benefits and pay
- 3.029 Nov 2023Business SupportFormer Employee, more than 1 yearLondon, England
Pros
Support within my immediate team/department
Cons
Lack of support from the wider directorate and not enough growth opportunities for newer members of staff.
- 5.030 Nov 2023Managing QSCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsLondon, England
Pros
Great People Exciting Projects Flexibility in locations
Cons
Share schemes could be advertised better
- 4.020 Oct 2023Civil Engineer, Site EngineerCurrent Employee, more than 3 yearsBristol, England
Pros
Potentially good high value benefit and alternative way of income as LODGE ALLOWANCE and TRAVEL ALLOWANCE (even if you just cycle to work). Training opportunities (internal or external). Possibility to move internally from one project to another or from a department to another one. I believe is reasonably easy to make a career change if you want to leave engineering.
Cons
Often you work longer hours and they are never paid. Salaries could be slightly higher. Number of Annual leave per year (25 but they oblige you to book some day between Christmas and New Year eve when the site is closed)
1 - 2.020 Nov 2023ReceptionistFormer EmployeeSouthampton, England
Pros
The hours were good and some of the staff members were nice.
Cons
There was very little workload so would end up sitting at the desk for five hours every morning.
- 3.021 Nov 2023Project ManagerCurrent Employee, less than 1 year
Pros
it is a good company
Cons
they have frequent redundancy coming
- 4.05 Nov 2023Logistics CoordinatorCurrent Employee
Pros
On the whole supportive senior management Looking for ways to innovate and move the industry forwards Very supportive of career progression and both vertical and lateral moves
Cons
Not the best at ensuring internal pay matches what is being recruited externally for with a no higher than 10% pay rise rule internally.
- 4.015 Nov 2023Site EngineerFormer EmployeeLondon, England
Pros
Training opportunities are readily available
Cons
Lack of diversity in leadership roles
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Balfour Beatty has an overall rating of 3.7 out of 5, based on over 1,647 reviews left anonymously by employees. 74% of employees would recommend working at Balfour Beatty to a friend and 72% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.
74% of Balfour Beatty employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Balfour Beatty 3.4 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.
